Asphondylia solidaginis
Asphondylia solidaginis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Asphondylia |
Species: | A. solidaginis
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Binomial name | |
Asphondylia solidaginis Beutenmüller, 1907
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Asphondylia solidaginis is a species of gall midge (Cecidomyiidae) that induces galls on goldenrods in North America where it is widespread.[1][2] It was first described by William Beutenmuller in 1907.[3]
This species is
Later in the summer leafy rosette galls are formed from buds of Solidago altissima; this species is not known to induce such late-season galls on Solidago gigantea.[2] These rosette galls are 3-5 centimeters in diameter with a single chamber at the center in which the larvae live.[2]
Similar 'snap' and rosette galls are induced on other goldenrod species by other Asphondylia species.[2]
Adults are very similar in appearance to Asphondylia monacha but the shape of the pupae differ between the two species.[2]
Another gall midge, Youngomyia podophyllae, has been found in the galls of Asphondylia solidaginis but it is not known if it acts as an inquiline or as a parasitoid.[2]
References
- ^ Wikidata Q109561625.
- ^ Wikidata Q99657406.
- ^ Wikidata Q56197619.